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Information: Silhak (Shilhak, Shirhak, Sirhak). A Korean philosophical reform movement under the later Joseon dynasty (17th-19th centuries). The name means "practical learning."
Religion and Philosophy: Shilhak Religion and Philosophy: Shilhak: Bibliography of academic writings on this movement. (Silhak) http://www.hawaii.edu/korea/bibliography/religion_philosophy-shilhak.htm
The Characteristics of the Practical Learning in the Later Chosun Dynasty The Characteristics of the Practical Learning in the Later Chosun Dynasty: Abstract of a paper on the Silhak school, delineating five distinctive aspects of this school's thought. (Silhak) http://web2.kwangju.ac.kr/~jrhee/info/paper/pa1.html